Davie Town Administrator Buoyant Over Birth

Davie Town Administrator Irv Rosenbaum missed work on July 10. In fact, he was so preoccupied he wasn`t prepared for Wednesday`s town council meeting.

But he had a good excuse.

His third daughter, Marissa Ann, was born at 1:14 p.m. on Friday. The 7- pound 3-ounce baby girl and her mother, Cynthia Chambers, are doing terrific, he said.

``One of the nurses in the hospital said to me, `Is this your first,` I said no, it`s my fourth, she said `Well you act like it`s your first,` `` Rosenbaum said. ``I was ranting and raving. I got really excited.

Things at the Rosenbaum residence are hectic, but that`s nothing new, he said.

Daughter Danielle has been in New York visiting relatives and hasn`t seen her new baby sister yet, Rosenbuam said. And son Matthew had a cold the first few days Marissa was home, so he stayed with friends, he said.

Town council members congratulated Rosenbaum on Wednesday on the new addition to the family.

Apparently the birth of Marissa Ann had a profound effect on her father.

``You ought to have kids more often,`` Commissioner Betty Roberts said. ``I haven`t heard you sound this good in years.``

YIDDISH CULTURE CLUB GROWS

Members of the Yiddish Culture Club at Century Village had something to celebrate recently. Starting one year ago with 34 residents interested in Yiddish folk music and literature, the club has grown to 175 dues-paying members.

More than 135 of them attended the first anniversary brunch at the clubhouse, where they listened to recordings of traditional Yiddish music and, more importantly, got to know each other better.

``The turnout was really nice, especially in the middle of the summer,`` said the club`s founder and president, Laura Slavin.

Slavin held the first meeting on July 6, 1986, and 34 people attended.

``I started it for purely selfish reasons, I wanted to learn more about my heritage,`` she said. ``I never dreamed it would grow to this.``

LOVE IS IN THE AIR AT COURTHOUSE

Is there something in the air at the Broward County Courthouse that stimulates the marital instinct? Maybe it`s the controversial ventilation system, which has been blamed for several ailments.

Whatever the reason, it certainly is a coincidence that four judges who sit on the same court in the same county are all getting married about the same time.

Broward County Court Judge William Herring wed the former Susan Silver of Boca Raton on June 28. Judge Geoffrey Cohen will marry Broward School Board Vice Chairman Lori Parrish of Cooper City on Aug. 2. Judge Susan Lebow will wed Harris Lowenthal of Fort Lauderdale on Sept. 6.

The above three judges are based in the main courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. But Judge Harvey Ford, who plans to marry the former Judith Dobkin of Boca Raton also on Aug. 2, serves in the South Regional County Courthouse in Hollywood.

``The only connection I have with the main courthouse is Circuit Court files that are sent to me in large envelopes,`` he said. ``Maybe they contain air that causes an irresistible impulse to get married.``

Also, he swears that he and Judge Cohen set their wedding dates independently for the same day, although he admits it does seem an ``unlikely coincidence.``

Ford`s fiance could be joining him on the bench before long. Now an administrative law judge with the state unemployment compensation bureau, she will be taking leave shortly after the wedding to begin Nova Law School. Once she`s a lawyer, who knows?